Louis steinberger



(No Model.)

L. STEINBERGER.

SUSPENDERBUGKLE.

No. 400,137. Patented Mar. 26, 1889..

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LOUIS QTEINBERGER, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

SUSPENDER-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,137, dated March 26, 1889.

Application filed July 10, 1888. $e1ial No. 279,549. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

3e it known that I, LOUIS STEINBERGER, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Suspender and other Buckles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention consists in an automaticallyengaging buckle of novel construction suitable for suspenders and other articles, substantially as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a front view of a suspender, in part, with my improved buckle applied; Fig. 2, a rear View of the same; Fig. 3, a longitudinal section upon the line :10 0c in Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 a transverse section upon the line 11 y in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a front view of a modified construction of a spring-toothed plate used in the buckle; Fig. (i, a rear view of the buckle with still another modified construction of the spring-toothed plate, and Fig. 7 a section thereof upon the irregular lines .2 z in Fig. (5.

Referring in the first instance or more particularly to Figs. 1, 2, 3, and a of the drawings, A is a suspender-strap to which the buckle is applied, and B the buckle slide or body of the buckle to which, as through an aperture, 1), or otherwise, the usual fastening front straps are designed to be attached.

The body B of the buckle is in the form of a flat plate bent over at its sides to form grooved guides c 0, adapted to receive the longitudinal margins of the strap A freely down within and through them, also slotted on their sides, as at (Z (I, to receive crosswise freely through them a loose spring gripping plate or bar C, between the inner face of which and the back surface of the body B the main strap A passes. length to extend slightly beyond the opposite sides of the body B and may be curled over at itsends. Said plate 0 has also, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, a series of fiat sharp-pointed teeth, 6, formed along its lower edge, or by suitably slotting it within its body, as shown in Fig. 5; and the body part B of the buckle This spring-plate C is of a has a slot, f, parallel with the plate 0, and turned over inward at its lower edge to form a gripping-lip, g, in line, or nearly so, with the teeth 6. hen the buckle is fitted to its strap A, it may readily be slid up said strap without any-special manipulation to prevent it catching; but it is restrained from sliding orbeing slid down the strap after it has been adjusted to its required height thereon by the teeth 6 of the plate 0 projecting into the strap or gripping the latter in between them and the lipg; and when the suspenders are applied to the person and fastened to the pantaloons or garment the upward pull on the strap by its passage over the shoulders of the person will aid in making the buckle still more secure as regards its hold on the strap. To work or adjust the buckle downward, however, it is only necessary to press with the fingers in opposite directions upon the two protruding ends of the longitudinally-sliding spring-plate C, which will cause said plate to buckle outward, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. i, and so release the teeth 6 of said plate from hold on the strap and from gripping con tact with it against the body B or its lip 9. After the buckle has been adjusted to its required position in a downward direction, then, on releasing pressure from the ends of the spring-plate C, that caused it to buckle and free itself, said plate by its elasticity will return to its normal or straight position and automatically resume its gripping action or hold on the strap. Thus the buckle may readily he slid in either direction when required; but it automatically effects its own engagement when pressure buckling the spring-plate O is removed from the ends of said plate. This is the prominent feature of my invention that is to say, the buckling-spring grippingplate and the buckle slide or body carrying said plate and gripping the strap in between them, regardless of the toothed lip-like or other construction of the gripping points or projections of said parts upon the strap to which the buckle is fitted. When the springplate 0 is formed with teeth, then, if desired, instead of said teeth being flat or in the same plane as said plate, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the teeth, as shown at c in Figs. 6 and 7 may be bent inward, and the body or buckle slide 13 in sueh case he made close or without any engaging-lip. The action will be the same as that already described.

Having" thus deseri I )ed my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure l )y Letters Patent l. The 1 ombination, with the buckle slide or body, of a loosely-attaehed laterally sliding and lmekling spring bar or plate arranged on one side or face of said body and for operation in connection therewith, essentially as herein set "forth.

2. In combination with the buckle slide or body, ihe loosely-attached laterally sliding and buckling spring bar or plate on one side tially as shown and described.

LOUIS STEINBERGER.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN ]L POGGENBURG, (E SEnowIeK. 

